This year the Chicagoland area is invited to North America's largest and most prestigious barrel-aged beer festival, drawing ...

This Roman wooden barrel was found at Bar Hill Roman Fort, Strathclyde, Scotland and was picked by Christina Gilfedder, second year student at the University of Glasgow (Single Honours Archaeology).

But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine. Making a foudre starts with French oak, a tightly grained wood that ...

established in 1908, built its business reconditioning wooden barrels. Now the company, based in Plum, reconditions and recycles 55-gallon steel, plastic and fiber barrels for use in environmental ...

The natural fermentation process was the norm in Japan for centuries, but when industrialization swept the nation, almost all the country's wooden barrels were replaced with steel ones.

In Ottery, the tradition has been tweaked instead of ditched, with participants choosing to carry the barrels on their backs, ...